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Bolt vs Bagyula

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GOAT Rank currently ranks Usain Bolt above István Bagyula: 93.2 vs 74.9. Usain Bolt leads on Dominance, Honours, Statistics. István Bagyula leads on Longevity.

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BoltWinner
93.2

Bolt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bagyula
74.9

Bagyula wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Usain Bolt
93.2

Bolt leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.

1. Usain Bolt
93.2
2. István Bagyula
74.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt224 major golds
4 seasons by age 21 · 56 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Bagyula — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricBoltRetiredBagyulaRetired
Olympic golds8—
World golds11—
World records3—
100m best (s)9.58—
200m best (s)19.19—
Global finals won19—
World Championship medals—1
Personal best (m)—5.9
NCAA titles—2
Olympic Games contested—3
Hungarian national titles—6
Dominance w25%9868
Peak w20%10084
Longevity w20%7478
Honours w20%9872
Statistics w15%9574

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Bolt93.2
Bagyula74.9
The people
Bolt
Bagyula

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FAQ

Who is better, Bolt or Bagyula?

Usain Bolt leads with a GOAT score of 93.2 against 74.9 for István Bagyula — a gap of 18.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.

Where does Bagyula beat Bolt?

Bagyula scores higher on longevity. Bolt leads on peak, dominance, honours, statistics.

How is the Bolt vs Bagyula score calculated?

Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Bolt: 93.2, Bagyula: 74.9.

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